Boyden Fills Board Positions for Goodwill Industries

April 19, 2018 – Boyden has placed Joe Guith, Matthew Wadiak and Etienne Patout as members of the board of directors at Goodwill Industries International. “After an exhaustive search, Boyden is enthusiastic about the talent that Joe, Matthew and Etienne bring to the Goodwill team,” said Alicen Blair-Sibly, a managing partner of Boyden in Atlanta. “Each new board member is integral to the growth of the business.”

Mr. Guith is the president of McAlister’s Deli. He initially joined FOCUS Brands, parent company to McAlister’s Deli, in 2014 as chief operating officer for Cinnabon, and assumed the role of brand president in 2015.

In the three years Mr. Guith was president, he drove significant P&L results through strong performance management, application of process-driven improvements and building collaborative, high performing teams. Prior to joining FOCUS, Mr. Guith held roles in general management and strategy with Coca-Cola, where he served as vice president, global business development and vice president, vending operations, and Yum! Brands where he was general manager, KFC, south territory.

Mr. Wadiak is the co-founder of Blue Apron, an ingredient-and-recipe meal-kit service that provides a weekly box of ingredients for home preparation. He served as chief operating officer of Blue Apron Holdings from 2015 to 2017 and served as its chief product officer from 2012 to 2015. Before co-founding Blue Apron, Mr. Wadiak served as CEO of Cooks’ Venture from 2003 to 2012. In addition, he founded Plank Pilates Studio in 2009.

With more than 20 years of experience within the consumer packaged goods industry, Mr. Patout is the former chief marketing officer at Pharmavite. Before that, he served as general manager and vice president for wholesome snacks at the Kellogg Company. Mr. Patout also previously worked at Kraft Foods where he was responsible for a number of key brand portfolios and gained recognition for being a business leader for reinvention and innovation.

Goodwill Industries is a network of 162 community-based, autonomous organizations in the U.S. and Canada with a presence in 13 other countries. It provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have barriers preventing them from otherwise obtaining a job.

Boyden is a leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 65 offices in over 40 countries. The firm connects companies with leaders through executive search, interim management and leadership consulting solutions.

Ms. Blair-Sibly has participated in and completed hundreds of searches at all levels, from personal contributors to top level executives, including board of directors, C-suite, director, investor relations, vice president, as well as building accounting, finance, sales and information technology teams.

As a result, companies continue to turn to executive search firms to help find new board members. Most in demand are women, senior leaders with global experience, ethnically diverse professionals and Millennials.